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ftyles; and therefore what poflefles it, 

 though purely fublime, or purely pictu- 

 refque, is called by that title of higheft and 

 moft favoured excellence, Beauty, as well 

 as what is more ftrictly beautiful. On this 

 account, objections have been made to my 

 diftindtion, and even that of Mr. Burke, as 

 too narrow and confined ; but I believe the 

 difpute is, as ufual, about names. 



Beauty is, in one fenfe, a collective idea, 

 and includes the fublime as well as the pic- 

 turefque: In the other, it is confined to par- 

 ticular qualities, which diftinguilh it from 

 the two other characters, juft as their par- 

 ticular qualities diftinguifh them alfo from 

 it, and from each other. Virtue, in the 

 fame manner, is fometimes a collective idea 

 of many qualities ; fometimes, as with re- 

 fpect to women, confined to the fingle one 

 of chaftity; or, as anciently, with refpect 

 to men, to that of courage: in fhort, to 



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